Bracket.



No. 755,581. PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904. P. M. READ.

BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 10I 1903. N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SEIBET 1.

WITNESSES:

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P. M. READ. BRACKET.

APPLICATION rum) no. 10, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

INVENTOB I TTORIVEY.

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PATENT EEicE.

BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,581, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed December 10, 1903. Serial No. 184,525. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERLIN M. READ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in swinging brackets, which may be used for carryinga telephone instrument or like article; and the object of my invention is to furnish a bracket the main portion of which will be constructed from a single piece of wire, which will be inexpensive and efficient, which may be attached to a wall, a desk, or any other suitable support, and which can be swung about in a horizontal plane, as may be desired.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my swinging bracket; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the outer end of the bracket; Fig. 3, a top plan view of Fig. 2; Fig. 4:, a bottom plan view of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a side elevation of the bracket carrying a telephone-transmitter; Fig. 6, a plan of the socket for carrying the pivot of the bracket; Fig. 7, a top plan view of the outer end of a modification of the bracket.

The movable part of the bracket consists, essentially, of two pieces, a wire a and a pivot Z), to which the two ends of wire a are attached. The pivot Z) is carried in a socket c, which can be attached by any suitable means to any suitable support.

As has been stated, the ends of wire a are secured to pivot Z. From Figs. 1 and 5 it will be seen that the ends of the wire are attached to the pivot, the one directly above and at some little distance from the other, the upper arm oZ of the wire being placed substantially horizontally, while the lower arm 6 slants upward from the pivot Z until it is bent to cross the upper arm (Z, as presently described, to form a brace to better carry the weight placed at the end of the bracket.

The bight of the wire a is bent around, preferably in a semicircular manner, as shown in Fig. 2. If the bracket is to carry a telephonestand, the middle of the bight is further bent outward, as shown at 9, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 1, and 5, to permit the free passage of the live wires 1, Fig. 5.

The part of the wire a forming the outer end of the lower arm a is bent up and over the outer end of the upper arm (Z, as shown at g, the part (Z at the crossing being bent down, as at it, so that the top of the parts 0 and (Z will be at this point upon the same level.

The part c of the wire after passing over the part d at g /b passes outward, as shown at c', and the part (Z passes outward, as shown at At It the part c is bent still farther outward, and at Zit is bent upward, forming a loop. The part (Z is likewise bent at n and 0. FromZ and 0 the parts cZ and 0 merge to form the semicircular bight p and the loop 1' for the passage of the live wires 1.

In Fig. 5 is shown the manner that the bracket carries a telephone-stand of the ordinary desk-pattern. The base 2 of the stand rests upon the top of the outer end of the arm cZ and upon the tips of the parts c'and 7'. The loops Z 0 pass up over the sides of the base and the bight p hugs the sides of the base.

In order that the stand may be securely held by the bracket, the parts of the latter are so made that when the stand is in place in it the loops Z 0 will be well forward of its vertical center, the spring of the wire binding it closely to the stand. If found necessary, the bracket may be strengthened by a brace or braces .9, Figs. 1, 2, and 5.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a bracket, in combination, a pivot, and a wire the ends of which are secured to said pivot, said wire being bent to form two arms, the lower one of which crosses the upper one near its outer end, said wire being further bent to form a horizontal seat for an object, then being bent upward and backward to form loops at the forward sides of the seat and finally around to form a bight.

2. In a bracket in combination, a pivot, and a wire the ends of which are secured to said pivot one above the other, said wire being bent to form two arms, the upper one of which will be horizontal and the lower inclined, the lower,

or inclined arm, being bent at its outer end so said wire forming a horizontal arm d and an as to pass over the upper or horizontal arm, inclined arm 6 and being bent and crossed at said wire being further bent in opposite direcg h as shown, and being further bent to form tions from the point of crossing to form a horisupports 2' j, loops Z 0, a bight 19 and a loop 7", 5 zontal seat for an object then, at both sides, all substantially as and for the purposes set 5 upward and backward to form loops, then forth. backward to form a bight and finally at the PERLIN M. READ. center of the bight to form a loop. Witnesses:

3. In a bracket, in combination, a pivot, a GEORGE W. SELTZER, IO wire the ends of whicharesecured to saidpivot, F. J. HARTMAN. 

